Good for your heart, lungs and metabolism, HIIT – or Tabata – workouts typically produce health, fitness and strength gains that are equal to longer, gentler workouts. For example, a 30-minute ...

Traditional Tabata protocol stipulates that a workout be made up seven to eight 20-second sets with a 10-second rest in between. However, as high intensity interval training methods have grown in ...

Tabata workouts are emerging as a more convenient ... easier making them more powerful athletes. Another study on 27 men and women found that those who did HIIT used more energy and lost more ...

Izumo Tabata and his research team in 1996," says Everett Miner, NASM-CPT, owner of Miner Fitness. "The protocol consists of 20 seconds of all-out effort followed by 10 seconds of rest ...